It was released in North America in 1993 for the Amiga, Sega Genesis, and IBM PC compatibles.
Before the competition, the player can choose between the 16 teams, each representing one of the many participating nations at the 1994 Winter Olympics.
Doing so, it was perfectly possible for one to win the gold medal in short track and get few more points than other skaters (even non-finalists) that got better qualifying times.
This scoring method also meant that one who won gold medals in six or seven events might fall outside the top 10 if disqualified on the remaining three.
Additionally, Tiertex wrote original code for each platform instead of porting.